Chosen Ones

"Because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth."
God chooses us. It's no accident we are here. He actually thought about us before time began and chose when we would live and be created. He chose us to be sons and daughters. So in his choosing I can be confident, my hope, rests in his nature to complete the work he started in me. I have to remember that he chose me and he started this work of faith in me. He sought me out. He initiated this love. He is the pursuer of my heart. His nature is love and peace so I can rely on him to complete the transformation. "The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it." He will sanctify/purify me because of his unfailing love and faithful love. It is who he is. I know I am a daughter. I don't have an orphan spirit anymore. I have been adopted into his family and I can never be moved from there. Nothing can shake me from being found in his family and in his heart. I'm starting to realize the meaning of he sets the lonely in families. We are adopted into his family!

I just wanted to share a huge testimony of how the Lord moves at the sound of our voices. He always answers, he moves. A couple nights ago, as a night watch we prayed very intensely for a prayer meeting that was to happen in the morning in Haiti. We prayed for souls to be saved and for the church to be strengthened there. Last night at church a man the directs the Crisis Response organization here at IHOP explained that he just received news that at that prayer meeting thousands of people we saved and baptized into the family of God. I could not contain my excitement over this news. I have been praying for my family for years to be saved and sometimes I start to loose hope. But this testimony so encouraged my heart. He truly moves at the sound of our voices. He is so faithful and even though it might not be my timing when this does happen it will actually strengthen my heart more. It will be his kindness when he answers and in the best way possible. I believe it will happen and he cares so much more about them than I ever could.